Purcell & Wardrope Chartered v. Hertz Corp.

Plaintiff Purcell and Wardrope Chartered (P&W) brought a class action suit on behalf of a nationwide class 1 to recover security deposits and accrued interest on security deposits that the defendant, Hertz Corporation (Hertz), required pursuant to the terms of its automobile lease contracts. Hertz filed several affirmative defenses and a counterclaim for alleged damages specific to the automobile P&W had leased. The trial court denied class certification, finding that individual questions of fact and law predominated, and that since Hertz had raised several affirmative defenses and filed a…